Restaurant Floor Plan Design, Taken All the Way to the Pitch

Four restaurant concepts that went from an empty unit to a rendered room inside one archybase project.

Italian trattoria layout and the rendered dining room made from it

Italian Trattoria for an Investor Deck

A 70-seat casual dining plan with an open pasta station, rendered in warm plaster and terracotta for the funding presentation.

Bar and restaurant layout with outdoor seating rendered as a rooftop terrace at dusk

Rooftop Bar for Landlord Approval

A bar and restaurant layout with a long bar and outdoor seating, rendered at dusk to win the landlord's sign-off on the terrace.

Modern fine dining room converted to a 3D isometric view of the tables and the pass

Modern Restaurant Floor Plan in 3D

A modern fine dining room converted to a 3D isometric view so the chef and the designer could agree on the pass and the table count.

Fast food counter layout and its rendered counter area for a franchise pack

Fast Casual Unit for a Franchise Pack

A counter-service layout generated for one franchise unit and rendered, so every new location starts from the same look.

How to Design a Restaurant Floor Plan in One Project

Three steps in one project, from empty unit to a rendered room you can put in front of people.

Step 01

Set the Concept

Pick Fine Dining, Casual Dining, Fast Food, Cafe, Bar & Restaurant or Buffet, and add a bar area or outdoor seating.

Step 02

Enter the Unit, Pick a View

Type the lease dimensions in feet or meters, then choose 2D Technical Plan for the landlord or 3D Perspective for the pitch deck.

Step 03

Render It Straight From the Result

Open the finished layout in AI Floor Plan Render or Floor Plan to 3D from the result panel, and the render stays filed under the same project.

What Gets a Restaurant Budget Approved

The layout decides the budget, but the render is what gets the budget approved.

Restaurant layout and its rendered dining room saved side by side in one workspace

Layout and Rendering in One Project

Layout and rendering tools share one workspace here, so the table count in the pitch deck matches the plan the contractor prices.

See the Workflow
Buffet, bar and fast food restaurant layouts generated from three service styles

Six Service Styles to Start From

Buffet lines, drive-thru counters and long bars each start from their own layout logic, so the first plan is already close to how the room will run.

Browse Service Styles
Rendered restaurant dining room prepared for an opening-week social media post

Renders for Leasing and Launch

Turn the dining room into a finished interior view for a landlord's approval, a crowdfunding page or an opening-week social post.

Render the Dining Room
Omakase counter restaurant layout generated from a custom brief and reference photos

Concepts That Don't Fit a Preset

Omakase counters, food hall stalls and ghost kitchens go in the Custom tab, with up to eight reference photos of rooms you want yours to feel like.

Describe Your Concept
Restaurant dining room before and after a seating rearrangement with the floor plan optimizer

Rearrange Seating With the Optimizer

Run a finished plan through the AI Floor Plan Optimizer to test a different seating arrangement without starting a new plan from scratch.

Try Another Seating Plan

Built for People Pitching a Restaurant

People who need a restaurant to look real long before it opens.

Restaurant founder presenting a rendered dining room to investors

For Founders Raising Money

Show investors a rendered dining room and the plan behind it, instead of a mood board and a promise.

Franchise operator comparing restaurant layouts for three different unit shapes

For Multi-Unit and Franchise Operators

Keep one rendered look and adapt the layout to each new unit's dimensions from the same account.

Hospitality designer presenting restaurant layouts and a rendered dining room to a client

For Hospitality Designers

Present two layout options and a rendered favourite at the first client meeting without outsourcing the visualisation.

Leasing flyer for a vacant restaurant shell with a rendered dining room

For Commercial Landlords and Brokers

Market a vacant restaurant shell with a rendered dining room that prospective tenants can picture themselves running.

Restaurant Layout Questions, Answered

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Plan the Restaurant, Render the Pitch

Service style and unit size get you a layout; the render is one more step in the same project.

✨ Free credits to start · Plan and render in one project · Six service styles